Nycerella
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Genus: | Nycerella |
Type species | |
Cyrene decorata Peckham & Peckham, 1893
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8 species | |
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Cyrene Peckham & Peckham |
Nycerella is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
The genus was renamed from Cyrene Peckham & Peckham, 1893, because the name was preoccupied.
Species
As of June 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[1]
- Nycerella aprica (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Nycerella decorata (Peckham & Peckham, 1893) – Panama, Colombia, St. Vincent
- Nycerella delecta (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Mexico to Panama
- Nycerella donaldi (Chickering, 1946) – Panama
- Nycerella melanopygia Galiano, 1982 – Brazil
- Nycerella neglecta Galiano, 1982 – Panama to Ecuador
- Nycerella sanguinea (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Guatemala to Panama
- Nycerella volucripes Galiano, 1982 – Brazil, Peru
References
- ^ a b World Spider Catalog (2017). "Gen. Nycerella Galiano, 1982". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
External links
- Photographs of Nycerella species
- Pictures of N. delecta
- Paintings of N. delecta
- Pictures of N. donaldi